Correct Answer & Explanation
Option A
• The word 'Defray' means to provide money to pay (a cost or expense). Among the given options:
• 'Meet' (as in 'meet expenses') is a direct synonym for defray.
• 'Pollute' means to make dirty.
• 'Postpone' means to delay.
• 'Lacking' means not having enough.
• Therefore, 'Meet' is the correct synonym.